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It will be Guinta’s 10th town hall meeting since his term began in January and his second since his campaign finance troubles were made public in May. His first meeting since his conciliation agreement with the Federal Election Commission was made public was held July 11 in Alton.

Guinta’s office said in a statement that town hall meetings “are vital to the legislative process and serve to update Granite Staters on his work in Washington while receiving important feedback.”

The statement said Guinta’s meeting accomplishes his promise to host a town hall meeting in every county in the 1st Congressional District.

The FEC found that Guinta broke campaign finance law by taking excessive campaign contributions from his parents and loaning the money to his 2010 congressional campaign.

Guinta signed a conciliation agreement with the FEC, which found that he violated campaign finance law but also said that Guinta contended that the loans he made to his campaign came from his own money, which he obtained legally.

Guinta said the money was taken from a “family pot” account, to which, he said, he personally contributed and from which he earned more money than he received.

The congressman’s most recent campaign finance report to the FEC, filed Wednesday, showed his fundraising has dropped significantly since the controversy arose.

Guinta has ignored calls to resign from top Republicans and has continued to work in Washington on issues he has said are important to residents of his district.